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  John Keats - The Poetry Of

  John Keats

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  John Keats – The Poetry Of.  Keats.  The name is synonymous with great romantic poetry and great romantic poets.  A short life but a legacy of works that few if any can rival.  And of course his end was to be tragically romantic.  Keats was returning one night to his home in Hampstead when he coughed.  He coughed a single drop of blue blood upon his hand and said ‘I know the colour of that blood, it is arterial blood, it is my death warrant, I must die. And so it was that tuberculosis took its slow devastating hold.  He moved to Rome hoping the warmer climate would help but died at age 25 in 1821.  These poems are read for you by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.

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  LibriVox's Most Wanted poetry...

  Various Various

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  Have you ever suggested a book for recording by LibriVox only to be told by some good-for-nothing admin that it can't be done because it's not in the Public Domain in the US? Then this project is dedicated to you. It consists of ten early Public Domain poems by some of the authors mention of whose most popular works is most likely to come in close proximity to the word "sorry" in the LV forums. 
  Included are: JRR Tolkien, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Dorothy L Sayers, CS Lewis, William Faulkner, Kahlil Gibran, DH Lawrence, Robert Graves and Ernest Hemingway. 
  (Summary by Carl Manchester)

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  Apocryphal Musings

  Melissa Treglia

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  Here is the debut collection of the first hundred poems written by author Melissa Treglia, available for the first time as an audiobook five years since its initial release. The material contained within was written in a decades long span, on a variety of topics. Some saw previous release online, but others were never showcased publicly prior to this collection. Some are replete with childlike whimsy, while others are deeply and achingly romantic. Dive into this treasure trove of dreams and words. 
  Read by the author. Includes introduction.

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  Tamburlaine the Great Part 2

  Christopher Marlowe

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  Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur 'the lame'. Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, it may be considered the first popular success of London's public stage. 
   
  In Part 2, Tamburlaine grooms his sons to be conquerors in his wake as he continues to conquer his neighbouring kingdoms. One of his sons, Calyphas, preferring to stay by his mother's side and not risk death, incurs Tamburlaine's wrath. Seeing this son as a coward, Tamburlaine kills him in anger after a battle in which he refuses to fight. During this time, Bajazeth's son, Callapine, plans to avenge his father's death. Finally, while attacking an Islamic nation, he scornfully burns a copy of the Qur'an and claims to be greater than God. Suddenly, Tamburlaine is struck ill and dies, giving his power to his remaining sons, but still aspiring to greatness as he departs life. (Summary by Wikipedia) 
   
   
  Click here for Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1Cast 
  Narrator; Concubine 3: Tina NuzziPrologue; DP; GOVERNOR OF DAMASCUS; GOVERNOR OF BABYLON: Martin GeesonTAMBURLAINE, king of Persia: David GoldfarbCALYPHAS, son of Tamburlaine: Sarah CramptonAMYRAS, son of Tamburlaine: Liberty StumpCELEBINUS, son of Tamburlaine: Tina NuzziTHERIDAMAS, king of Argier: Timothy FergusonTECHELLES, king of Fez: ReadalotUSUMCASANE, king of Morocco: Paul AndrewsORCANES, king of Natolia: Frank BookerKING OF TREBIZON; URIBASSA: Robert ScheidKING OF SORIA; KING OF AMASIA; GAZELLUS, viceroy of Byron; MAXIMUS; PIONERS; PERDICAS; First Physician; Soldiers: Algy PugKING OF JERUSALEM; SIGISMUND, King of Hungary: Dale BurgessFREDERICK, Lord of Buda and Bohemia; CAPTAIN: Marty KrisBALDWIN, Lord of Buda and Bohemia; ALMEDA, his keeper: bishCALLAPINE, son to BAJAZETH, and prisoner to TAMBURLAINE: Amy GramourCAPTAIN’S SON; Concubine 2: Arielle LipshawMessenger; Citizen: AilinaSecond Citizen: Beth ThomasZENOCRATE, wife to TAMBURLAINE: Sandra GOLYMPIA, wife to the CAPTAIN: deboleeConcubine 1: Elizabeth Klett 
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  Cheese Curd for Bait

  James McIntyre

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Cheese Curd for Bait by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 23, 2012.James McIntyre, born in Scotland, came to Canada in 1841. He finally settled in Ingersoll (a town in central Ontario on the banks of the Thames River), the then-heart of Canadian dairy country.He was well loved in the community, from which he often received aid in hard times, due in part to his poesy and oratorical skills — he was called on to speak at every kind of social gathering in Ingersoll. The region seems to have inspired him, and it was in celebration of the proud history of Canada, the natural beauty and industry of the region, and especially its cheese, that the majority of his oeuvre was written. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  The Best American Poetry 2014

  Terrance Hayes, David Lehman

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  National Book Award–winning poet Terrance Hayes selects the poems for the 2014 edition of The Best American Poetry, “a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune).The first book of poetry that Terrance Hayes ever bought was the 1990 edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Jorie Graham. Hayes was then an undergrad at a small South Carolina college. He has since published four highly honored books of poetry, is a professor of poetry at the University of Pittsburgh, has appeared multiple times in the series, and is one of today’s most decorated poets. His brazen, restless poems capture the diversity of American culture with singular artistry, grappling with facile assumptions about identity and the complex repercussions of race history in this country. Always eagerly anticipated, the 2014 volume of The Best American Poetry begins with David Lehman’s “state-of-the-art” foreword followed by an inspired introduction from Terrance Hayes on his picks for the best American poems of the past year. Following the poems is the apparatus for which the series has won acclaim: notes from the poets about the writing of their poems.

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